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I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS.
TED MUSGRAVE IS FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE THE 21 IS A LAP DOWN.
IF THEY WERE RACING -- HERE
IT IS RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN HEAR THAT.
>> YOU COULD HEAR THE THROTTLE
OF TED MUSGRAVE'S TRUCK.
IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT.
IT'S A SITUATION WHERE YOU JUST
-- YOU'RE SURPRISED.
ADAM ALEXANDER.
>> Reporter: WE HAVE CAUGHT UP
WITH TED MUSGRAVE.
TED, FIRST OFF, WHAT HAPPENED ON
THE RACETRACK?
>> I GUESS THE 21 TRUCK,
THE BEING A LAP DOWN --
>> Reporter: HERE'S THE REPLAY.
>> I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE
REPLAY.
THAT TRUCK WAS JUST NOT GIVING
ANYBODY MUCH ROOM, CAME INTO THE
CORNER, HOOKED MY LEFT
FRONT, SENT US BOTH INTO THE
WALL.
>> Reporter: YOUR REACTION
AND WHAT HAPPENED ON TRACK AFTER
YOU GAZE GOT TOGETHER.
>> I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO
STEER THE DARN THING, BUT YOU
TRY TO GET IN THE PITS,
YOU COULD SEE I HAD A HECK OF
A TIME STEERING, BUT
WHATEVER, WE'RE DONE FOR
THE NIGHT BUT IT'S A SHAME
THAT ROOKIES DO THAT KIND OF
STUFF.
WE HAD A DECENT DAY GOING.
THE ASE TRUCK WAS RUNG OKAY.
I JUST WISH THE LAPPED TRUCKS
WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CAREFUL.
>> Reporter: FRUSTRATING
SEASONS.
YOU GUYS HAVEN'T CAUGHT MANY
BREAKS.
>> YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE
IT.
>> Reporter: TED MUSGRAVE
TRYING TO BATTLE BACK AT A
TRACK WHERE HE'S WON TWINES HIS
HOME STATE BUT UNFORTUNATELY
HIS EVENING ENDS EARLY.
>> TED MUSGRAVE HAS
FINISHED FIFTH FOUR TIMES IN THE
2007 SEASON, MOST RECENTLY
AT MICHIGAN WHERE WE
THOUGHT THEY HAD TURNED
THINGS AROUND FOR THAT NUMBER 9,
BUT LUCK IS NOT ON THEIR SIDE AS
THE 21 AND THE 9 GET INTO EACH
OTHER AND INTO THE WALL.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH
.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE TOYOTA
TUNDRA MILWAUKEE 200.
THEY ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY
ON THAT 21 OF KELLY BIRES,
TRYING TO GET THAT TRUCK BACK
OUT ON THE RACETRACK BUT A
LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF
IT.
WE'RE SEEING ONE OF THE TEAM
OWNERS TALKING TO TED MUSGRAVE.
ONE OF THE GERMANE BROTHERS, BOB
GERMANE.
YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
FOR TED MUSGRAVE TO RUN WELL
HERE AT MILWAUKEE.
AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, HE'S THE
ONLY TWO-TIME WINNER HERE IN
MILWAUKEE.
TOMORROW NIGHT THEY'RE GOING
TO HONOR HIS FATHER,
THE MUSGRAVE MEMORIAL EVENT.
SO BIG WEEKEND FOR TED MUSGRAVE
GOING TO COME TO AN EARLY CLOSE.
ANOTHER WISCONSIN NATIVE.
HIS WEEKEND MAYBE NOT OVER YET.
ADAM.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE TRUCK
OF KELLY BIRES BUT IT IS HEAVILY
DAMAGED.
TED MUSGRAVE TOLD US IT WAS
A LAPPED TRUCK GETTING IN HIS
WAY, HE WAS RUNG IN THE TOP TEN.
YOUR VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WELL, I THINK WE -- I GAVE
THE LEADERS A LOT OF ROOM
WHEN THEY WERE AROUND ME AND
STUFF.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, HE WAS INSIDE,
VOWS ME.
I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ON MY
RADIO THAT HE WAS COMING INSIDE
OUTSIDE.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, MY BACK
END WAS OFF THE GROUND.
KIND OF UNCALLED FOR HIM RUNNING
INTO ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST
A SORE LOSER OR WHAT, BUT
THESE GUYS GAVE ME A GREAT
TRUCK.
WE WERE A LITTLE OFF THE START.
WE MADE IT BETTER.
JUST GIVING THE LEADERS ROOM.
THE GUY TO GET THE LUCKY
DOG AFTER THAT BUT JUST A TOUGH
BREAK.
WE'LL COME BACK, GET IT NEXT
TIME.
>> Reporter: TOUGH NIGHT
FOR KELLY BIRES AS WE GO
BACK GREEN HERE AT MILWAUKEE.
>> MIKE SKINNER STILL OUT IN
FRONT OF THE FIELD.
JOHNNY BENSON OBVIOUSLY CLOSING
THE GAP NOW ON THIS RESTART.
SEE IF HE CAN GET BY THE SLOWER
LAPPED TRUCK OF CHAD McCOVEY.
LOOKS LIKE JOHNNY IS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO CLEAR THAT LAPPED
TRUCK.
SKINNER IS GOING TO OPEN A
TWO TRUCK LENT LEAD.
CAUTION ALREADY ON THE
SPEEDWAY WE'RE HEARING.
A STALLED TRUCK IN TURN NUMBER
4.
IT LOOKS LIKE BILL LESTER FROM
HERE.
SURE ENOUGH, IT IS BILL LESTER.
SO THE FOURTH CAUTION OF THE
DAY HAS COME OUT.
I TELL YOU WHAT, WE RAN SO MANY
CAUTION FREE LAPS, THEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN MELEE TOOK PLACE WITH
ACTUALLY ONE OF YOUR TEAMMATES.
>> TOO BAD FOR KELLY.
TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE RIGHT
TRACK.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW IN THE BUSH
RACE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THE FANS AND VIEWERS AT HOME
PROBABLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A
WORD I SAID, BUT I'LL COME BACK.
>> HAVE A GOOD RUN TOMORROW.
>>> AND WELCOME BACK TO THE
MILWAUKEE MILE UNDER THE
LIGHTS ONCE AGAIN FOR THE NASCAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES.
MOST RECENT RESTART ONLY TOOK US
ABOUT 7/8THS OF A MILE BEFORE
WE REALIZED THAT BILL LESTER HAD
NOT STARTED BACK UP.
SO THE CAUTION CAME BACK OUT.
A BIG BREAK FOR CHAD MCCUMBEE.
THAT'S THE 29 OF SCOTT LINDSTROM
GOING BY.
>> THERE'S THE 08 RIGHT THERE,
THE GAR MIN CHEVROLET OF CHAD
MCCUMBEE.
HE IS AARON'S LUCKY DOG.
>> WE GO TO SO MANY CITIES, AND
IT CERTAINLY HELPS US FIND OUR
WAY AROUND, THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> GOOD SPONSOR.
>> GOOD RACE TEAM RIGHT THERE.
GREEN LIGHT RACING.
TIM SAUTER.
TIM ADD GREAT RUN.
>> WISCONSIN NATIVE.
THE SAUTER FAMILY, THERE'S
PROBABLY 200 OR 300 OF THEM
IN THE STANDS.
THE GREEN FLAG FLIES AGAIN.
MIKE SKINNER WITH ANOTHER GREAT
START.
JOHNNY BENSON ALSO WITH A GOOD
START.
HE'S ABLE TO DUCK ON THE
INSIDE AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY
IN.
>> TODD BO DIED TRYING TO GET
BY.
ACTUALLY, 11 DIFFERENT DRIVERS
THAT ARE MAKING THEIR
FIRST MILWAUKEE START TONIGHT.
>> THAT'S A LOT.
A THIRD OF THE FIELD.
THERE'S KENNY SCHRADER.
THAT'S TERRY COOK THE
TRUCK RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.
BOTH OF THOSE GUYS
FORMER WINNERS HERE AT
MILWAUKEE.
>> AMAZING WE HAVE NINE FORMER
WINNERS OF THE 12 RACES THAT
HAVE BEEN RUN IN THE FIELD
TONIGHT.
JOSH WISE, HAD HIM IN MY
SPOTLIGHT THAT.
LEFT FRONT TIRE DOWN ON THE 00.
TOUGH BREAK FOR JOSH.
DRIVING FOR EDDY SHARP RACING.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO MAKE
IT AROUND AND GET BACK ON
THE PIT ROAD.
HE WILL HAVE TO STAY ON
THE INSIDE OF THE RACETRACK.
HOPEFULLY NO DEBRIS COMING
OFF THAT TRUCK.
>> NASCAR IS TAKING A GOOD
CLOSE LOOK TO MAKE SURE NO
DEBRIS STAYS OUT ON THE
RACETRACK.
THE TIRE IS COMPLETELY OFF THE
WHEEL.
THERE IS NO ACCESS ROAD HERE,
SO HE IS RIGHT ON THE
RACETRACK, AND THERE'S THE
LEADER, MIKE SKINNER, AND
JOHNNY BENSON IN THE 23 GO BY.
JOSH WISE.
>> HE IS IN THE RACING LINE.
>> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SPOTTERS.
YOU'VE GOT 36 SPOTTERS UP ON
TOP OF THE ROOF TELLING THE
DRIVERS THAT THERE'S A SLOW
TRUCK.
>> THAT'S JOSH WISE ON THE
INSIDE THERE.
THAT'S JUST INTO TURN NUMBER 1.
>> THERE WAS SOMETHING
GOING WRONG WITH THE LEFT FRONT
TIRE.
HE HAS FINALLY MADE HIS WAY
TO PIT ROAD.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET
THE JACK UNDER THE LEFT SIDE
AND PUT SOME LEFT SIDE TIRES ON.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, A
GREEN PIT STOP WILL JUST ABOUT
KILL YOU HERE.
>> BRANDON GAUGHAN IS FOUR LAPS
DOWN.
MIKE SKINNER CONTINUES TO
DOMINATE.
HE'S L
>>> THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
SEASON IN THE NASCAR CRAFTS MAN
TRUCK SERIES WE HAVE 16 RACES
RUN AT NIGHT.
CRAFTSMAN HAS A GREAT NEW IDEA
FOR TOOLS OF THE TRADE.
IN THE PIT AREA A LOT OF TIMES
YOU'RE IN A VERY DARK AREA.
WHAT'S THE JACK MAN ABLE TO DO?
CHECK THIS OUT.
THE BRAND-NEW ONE 1/2
TON CRAFTSMAN JACK.
IF I PUSH THIS LITTLE BUTTON,
BOOM, RIGHT THERE, I'VE GOT ALL
OF A SUDDEN FIVE REALLY BRIGHT
LED LIGHTS, SIX OF
THEM ACTUALLY, THAT SHINE
LIGHT UP ON THE INSIDE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIT THE JACK
STOP THIS LIGHT WILL COME RIGHT
UP IN THERE AND SHOW YOU
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
FOR PEOPLE WHO RACE AT SHORT
TRACKS THIS IS THE VERY NEXT
THING YOU NEED FROM SEARS.
>> WE'LL CHECK OUT THE CRAFTSMAN
TOOLS OF THE TRADE AND OTHER
GREAT PROGRAMMING ON SPEED
ON DEMAND THAT.
IS VERY COOL.
>> THAT WAS COOL.
>> MIKE SKINNER STILL
DOMINATING.
BUT NOW HE HAS SOMEONE IN
HIS REARVIEW MIRROR THAT MAY BE
A LITTLE INTIMIDATING.
THAT'S JOHNNY BENSON, LAST
YEAR'S WINNER, RIGHT ON HIS BACK
BUMPER.
>> I DON'T THINK
ANYONE INTIMIDATES MIKE SKINNER.
>> SERIOUSLY?
>> MAYBE HIS WIFE ANGIE, BUT
NOBODY ON THE RACETRACK.
IF HE LEADS FOUR MORE LAPS
HE WILL CLINCH THE LAP LEADER
BONUS FOR THIS RACE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO
THE GUY THAT LEADS THE MOST
LAPS MOST OF THE TIME.
>> 10 OUT OF 12 TIMES HE WINS
THE RACE.
ONLY TWICE DOES HE NOT, AND
ONE OF THOSE WAS TED MUSGRAVE,
THE OTHER ONE WAS -- JOHNNY
BENSON LAST YEAR.
>> JOHNNY BENSON LAST YEAR.
LED 47 LAPS LAST YEAR.
JOHNNY LOOKS LIKE HE'S CLOSED IN
A LITTLE.
HE WAS THE QUICKEST TRUCK ON
THE RACETRACK THE LAST LAP.
>> SKINNER, THREE WINS,
TWICE LED THE MOST LAPS.
HORNADAY TWO WINS, LED THE MOST
LAPS TWICE.
JOHNNY BENSON ALL OVER
SKINNER'S BACK BUMPER.
BENSON NOW WILL WAIT FOR THAT
OPENING, AS MARCOS AMBROSE
TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
YOU JUST GET RIGHT BEHIND THE
OTHER DRIVER AND SEE IF HE
MAKES A MISTAKE.
>> JOHNNY BENSON RIGHT NOW IS
RUNNING SECOND.
HE IS THE ONLY DRIVER IN THE TOP
SIX THAT HAS NOT WON YET THIS
YEAR.
>> ADAM ALEXANDER.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A SOLID
NIGHT FOR RICK CRAWFORD.
THEY MADE VERY MINOR CHANGES ON
THAT FIRST STOP BUT IT BROUGHT
HIM BACK INTO THE TOP TEN.
YOU GUYS WERE TALKING
ABOUT JOHNNY BENSON CLOSING
ON MIKE SKINNER.
I TALKED TO JOHNNY
BEFORE QUALIFYING TODAY.
HE SAID THE ONE THING WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO IS MAKE
LONG RUNS IN PRACTICE.
A LOT OF GUYS WERE MAKING SHORT
RUNS.
WE WERE MAKING 10, 12, 15-LAP
RUNS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS
THING GO GREEN, AND IF IT
IT STAYS GREEN RIGHT NOW I
THINK IN A HANDFUL OF LAPS
WE'LL HAVE A NEW LEADER.
RAY.
>> ADAM, EARLY IN THE RACE
WHEN WILLIE ADAMS SPUN
IT KNOCKED HORNADAY AND HE HAD
TO RESTART.
RIGHT NOW THE 33 CAMPING WORLD
CHEVROLET SUBPOENA IN 7TH,
BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF
POSITIVE MOTIVATION FROM THE
RACE TEAM.
>> PUTTING ON A GOOD SHOW, HORN.
>> TRYING.
IF WE COULD GET UP IN THE FRONT,
PUT ON A BETTER SHOW.
>> LET THOSE GUYS KEEP WHITTLING
AWAY.
YOU'LL BE THERE.
>> Reporter: THE REAL
THING ABOUT IT IS, THEY KNOW
THEY'VE GOT A SOLID RACE TEAM.
THEY WERE A LITTLE WORRIED EARLY
ON BUT AS QUICKLY AS HE'S
BEEN ABLE TO WORK HIS WAY
THROUGH THE FIELD I THINK THEY
BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT A SHOT AT
A TOP FIVE FINISH OR MAYBE
EVEN BET BROTHER THIS ONE IS ALL
OVER.
>> HE WAS THE FASTEST TRUCK
ON THE RACETRACK THAT LAST LEAD.
JOHNNY BENSON HAS CLOSED UP TO
THE BACK OF THE 5 OF MIKE
SKINNER.
>> YOU AND MIKE SKINNER HAVE
A LOT IN COMMON.
>> WHAT IS THAT?
>> WELL, YOU OBVIOUSLY BOTH ARE
RACERS, AND YOU'RE BOTH
ABOUT THE SAME AGE, BECAUSE MIKE
SKINNER WILL CELEBRATE A
BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK.
>> AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE
A SIMILAR BIRTHDAY TO THE ONE
I JUST CELEBRATED.
>> ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR.
HE TURNS 50.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO GET HIM A
ROCKING CHAIR, TOO?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
WE LOVE YOU, PHIL.
THAT'S WHAT WE GOT YOU, SO
YOU CAN REST EVERY NOW AND THEN.
NO RESTING FOR MIKE SKINNER AS
JOHNNY BENSON ALL OVER HIS BACK
BUMPER.
AGAIN, SKINNER HAS LED THE MOST
LAPS, AND HERE COMES
JOHNNY BENSON ON THE INSIDE.
HE WILL TRY TO TAKE THE
POSITION AWAY FROM SKINNER.
>> I DON'T -- I STARTED TO SAY
I DON'T SEE MIKE SKINNER RIGHT
NOW, AS HARD AS HE HAS DRIVEN, I
DON'T SEE HIM FIGHTING BACK THAT
HARD BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE'S GOT
OVER 95 LAPS.
THERE'S NO CHANCE BATTLING
JOHNNY.
HE CLOSED UP ON HIS REAR
TAILGATE.
NO SENSE RACING RIGHT NOW.
LET HIM WORK ON THE TRUCK,
MAKE IT IT BETTER, THEN TRY
TO BEAT HIM AT THE END OF THE
RACE.
>> THE FIRST TIME THAT JOHNNY
BENSON HAS LED SINCE RACE NUMBER
TWO IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT IT'S JOHNNY BENSON OUT IN
FRONT OF THIS FIELD NOW, ONLY
THE SECOND DRIVER TO LEAD AT
THAT TIME MILWAUKEE MILE THIS
YEAR.
>> GOOD BATTLE FOR FOURTH.
THERE'S JACK SPRAGUE THE 60
TRUCK.
ERIK WAS THE FASTEST TRUCK ON
THE TRACK THE LAST LAP.
THE PACE IS STAYING PRETTY
QUICK.
>> IT WAS SHOCKING A WEEK
AGO BECAUSE ERIK DARNELL
LOOKED AS THOUGH HE
WAS STRUGGLING ON THAT
RACETRACK, AND TRAVIS KVAPIL
LOOKED SO STRONG COMING OUT OF
THE SAME TEAM, THE SAME SHOP.
>> REMEMBER, ERIK HAD TO START
AT THE BACK BECAUSE HE MISSED
THE DRIVERS' MEETING, THEN
HE DROVE UP INTO THE TOP 15 AND
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE SAID IT
WAS LIKE YOU FLIPPED A SWITCH.
THE CAR WAS HARDLY DRIVABLE.
ALL THEY COULD DETERMINE WAS HE
HAD A LITTLE BIT OF QUARTER
PANEL DAMAGE, AND SPEEDS
UPWARD OF 180 MILES AN HOUR,
ANY AERODYNAMIC ALTERATION CAN
MATTER, AND THAT'S THE
ONLY THING THEY CAN
DETERMINE THAT TOOK THEIR
TRUCK AWAY THERE BEING A VERY
COMPETITIVE TRUCK TO ONE
THAT WAS BARELY ABLE TO DRIVE.
>> Reporter: I TALKED WITH JOHN
QUINN.